Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 30, 2015

“Op-ty-less”?

Open, Empty, Fearless….hmmm… well, a wallet could be open and empty…so can a bank account. But not many things are all three of these….. – Next thing you know, he will break out some “Pla-Doh™”. Let’s see what they’ll think of that….

Only people who’d never taken an art class would put up with this shyster.All the students who actually took high school classes at Pitts must have gone straight to Moony U. or elsewhere.

Artist are not empty. They are filled with ideas, and I am constantly surprised and amazed by my artistic friends who seem to create something that we can see, just based on something they’ve thought through.-Case in point: we had a sad episode here in Seminole County, Florida. One of the world’s tallest trees was destroyed when a junkie crawled into it and set it on fire.-The remaining wood (some of it burned) has been given to artists, and we are now about to have exhibits showing what they created from the ‘bones’ of the tree called ‘the Senator’ (it was donated to the County long ago by a Senator.)-A few of the artists sold some of their smaller works. I now own a tiny wooden bowl with a burn layer on it…

“Portman-Eau, Boy!”“Recipe For Distaster”“Breaking Badly”“Ya Wanna Make Sumthin’ Out Of It?”“Vegetable Soup”“Mixmaster Zébo And M.C. Escher”“Sufferin’ Succotash”“One Small Mistep For Man…”“One Giant Leap Of Faith….”or“Not Going Down With The Craftsmanship”

Just make sure his last name isn’t De Sade…that guy was a nut!

He looks like a cross-eyed fool.

“The Grand Illusion”, Styx…

@IamJayBluE-Couldn’t use the reply function; must be sign that I need to get some sleep.-Sure hope she isn’t buying this load of bushwa. People at community colleges/state schools really need to get tools so they can compete for jobs in this highly competitive economy. Someone who thinks they need to be ‘empty’ will come up empty in the job market…

And even worse, he could be screaming in “faux french” accent! (Art-eeeest!!!)

Yup.. a Hank Hooper Creation…you may have seen it, before…

Quoth the Raven: “Whatev!”

LOL!!

Gag me with a spoon!!!

This overbearing fraud, Zébo, is an embarrassment to both academia and the art world. He is a clown, a self-absorbed poseur who is abusing his students. He’ll probably get top-rate student evaluations at the end of the term….

Some complained about the Gunther storyline going on too long, I for one hope this one ends tomorrow.

Oh, I was going for “pretentious windbag”.

Luann… it’s not too soon to change your major… is it? :)

Zebo is a classic wanna-be. If he doesn’t have the talent to actually be an artist, he still can don all the pretension of a great artist, and teach art.

WRONG! The REAL Answer is an “OC-TO-PUS.”

For a moment, I thought this would end with a pun. How fortunate that it did not! Whew!!

Once when I was substitute teaching in a small rural district, I had a Goth in a study hall. Thought I was in for a long class. He was loaded with studs and black leather. To my surprise, he took his corner of the class around him and said “We’re going to be quiet and work.” And they did. The whole class did the same.

A few years later, I read a story about a local boy killed as a Marine in Afghanistan. It mentioned the school district and that he always dressed as a Goth. I knew immediately who it was.

Most of us are presented many opportunities. But this was another one for me that I shouldn’t judge people by looks.

Even though the fellow behaves in an over-the-top fashion, I think the ideas he is suggesting have validity philosophically. In any artistic endeavor (be it traditional art, or science (which is artistic too) or another academic pursuit), you do need to have qualities of a) openness (to new ideas for instance), b) emptiness (a willingness to immerse or fill your mind/soul/etc. with the project), and c) fearlessness (a willingness to go against convention if needed or beneficial). So, I think that even though Zebo is a bit excessive in his manner, he is on track from a philosophical perspective on the practice of art.

This teacher is starting to miss the old days with Mr. Fogarty,

This teacher is starting to make me miss the old days with Mr. Fogarty.

I like Jacques

Zzzzzzzz!!!!

Another class. Quickly.

Neither this ‘prof’ nor Manezon would have room in their ego-driven lives for a significant other…

Pink Floyd – Fearless

My, my, my! Hugely insensitive comment based on a stereotypical assumption. You should apologize to all artists who have carved out a worthy living. PC is PC, after all.

I’m sorry but this is the most idiotic week of strips that I have ever seen. I’m not usually one to complain but I will be so glad when Monday comes around so I don’t have to look at Zebo and Co. Please Greg, never bring these characters back!

Took me a while to realize where “op-ty-less” came from:OPen-empTY-fearLESS. You have to give Mr. Red-Shirt credit for coming up with ANY answer to that moronic question.

An empty piece of canvas, an open mind and a fearless attitude toward creating = AN ARTIST!

The less I see of these people the better.

I went to art school…and I’m glad I didn’t have psychobabble teachers like this. Muchly prefer the ones that actually teach you how to create.

By “empty” I think he means empty of pre-concieved notions. Nonetheless, I do hope Zebo will turn out to be a one-week wonder! If art is indeed the right path for someone in that class, I hope they’ll recognize that in spite of Zebo’s antics.

Optyless: (n) A word that will be added to Oxford’s Dictionary before we know it.

“…..I wonder what Luann is thinking that has her opening her eyes so wide….”

She should be thinking, ‘WTF am I doing here with this buffoon.’ But likely she is thinking, ‘Wow, that’s genius.’

“A robot waiting to be programmed can be open, empty and fearless.”.A robot must have a structure — a design. Thus it is not fully open or empty.

Is this what college has degenerated into?

lol Maybe the students should check the teacher for feces as the teaches did to students in Gustine, Texas!

I would think he’s more Bernice’s type, since she was so excited by Gunther with a 5 o’clock shadow…

Jealousy ill becomes thee

Actually, there is a fellow at my university who dresses and looks fairly similar to Zebo. In regards to there being three students in the class….. look at this past Monday’s edition of the comic…. Greg has silhouettes of other students visible behind our focused upon main three students. The silhouettes have simply moved out of the focal plane at the moment as we devote more attention to the antics of Professor Zebo while he directly interacts with the trio.

I don’t think he means empty as in devoid of thought, but empty as in open to all experiences — there is room inside to absorb as much of life as possible. A blank slate.

The critic asked, “But is it art?”The artist asserted, “I am an ARTIST ! Whatever I DO is art !”The thinker questioned, “But is it good art ???”

Is there an art called “Word Craft” that I don’t know about?*Heck, I was looking forward to Goth being shocked into his place today. This just makes the instructor look like a buffoon in desperate need of self-affirmation.

Unfortunately, the image won’t “show up” here, so if you go to the link, you’ll see it…. it shows just where “Manezon” came from, and how Greg views his former art teacher…

And backatcha!!! (8^))

Ugh, this is very grating. I usually like Luann (except I objected when Brad and Toni encouraged Sharon to bite Ann Eiffel, and for some reason everybody here called me a troll?) But I honestly liked the Gunther storyline because it kind of made the point that you can’t always change even if you’d like too and that sometimes we grow up and actually get less appealing.

But this art teacher guy is sooo annoying. Insulting the students and bullying them and pouring water on them is never justified. And his points don’t even make sense – he hasn’t proved Luann is “open,” just that she allows herself to be bullied by having water poured on her. He hasn’t proved that Mr. Jock (and I assume he is just making up an insulting nickname, and that isn’t the guy’s real name) is Empty, just that he’s not brilliant. And he hasn’t proved that Mr. Goth is fearless, just that he thinks he is because he wears different clothing. Zebo’s treatment of his students seems more mocking than trying to expose them to new ideas.

Watching this pretentious fop insult, bully, mock, and physically abuse his students is just disgraceful, and I don’t know of a single community college that would approve of this behavior.

“Villians: Ann, Leslie, Zebo”*Au contraire, mon frere. Zebo thus far is just incompetent, he’s not a vilain.*Perhaps tomorrow, Sat., there will be an unforeseen turn so that he is “awash” with creativity!

I suppose introducing new characters is okay, but so far they haven’t clicked. (with the exception of our Peruvian friends). And, where the heck are Knute and Crystal, and what are they doing? This is like a jigsaw puzzle where the messed up pieces don’t make any sense.

Just checking the Wikipedia page for the Luann Comic. We have some decisions to make:1) Are Luis & Sofia important enough characters to add? What if we don’t, and they come back in a year or two and we can’t remember them?2) Are the new classmates worth adding? That’s Bern’s new friends (I’ve already forgotten their names), Dez, and these two new ones. Plus Zebo— will they return or should they be put under “One time Characters”?

What a boring week this has been.

I don’t know about the rest of you but I wish Luann and the gang were still in High School.

BS – Just wait until tomorrow when Goth or Jock, driven over the limits by his goffiness, physically flips Zebo. Zebo then shows his own Tae kwon do prowess.*By the end of the strip, we have an MMA tournament giong on in the classroom.

This better be good. I really like the Luann strip, but this character is one of the WORST ever. Hope the story line is a very short one.

O.K. I’m bored with this storyline already.

he’s thinking about Tiffany, no doubt.

Tomorrow’s strip “brought to you” by… – Land’s ‘Fill Up and Disposable’ Diapers…“Garbage In, Garbage Out!”

This art person is a bit off the line…I wonder if Greg had an instructor like this one?! I am not going to stay this evening as the hub doesn’t feel well and neither do I… ‘Nite all!-——————————————————————“_Voila le commencement de la fin.” _ This is the beginning of the end. *On the announcement of Napoleon’s defeat at Borodino, 1812* (Charles-Maurice De Talleyrand, 1754-1838)

Feel better, y’all!

Hmmmm… and now we all have our BS in LIBERAL Arts…